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"We've thrown common sense out the window"
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 75741" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>SRL,</p><p></p><p>Our graduation is held in the county civic center (which is huge) since our graduating class is so large. There is no way that there could be enough security at hand for every set of parents that start screaming, hooping, hollering and blowing horns when their child's name is called. Also, in a large facility like ours, removing one set of rambunctious parents would not be the answer since the people on the other side of the facility wouldn't even know what had happened. </p><p></p><p>And if the parents refused to leave, what then? A scuffle in the stands? Arrests? The graduation ceremony would be ruined.</p><p></p><p>I agree that it is sad that the children were punished for the actions of the adults. by the way, I believe that the students did eventually receive their diplomas.</p><p></p><p>My question, though, is where is the common sense of the parents when it comes to deliberately flaunting the rules and ruining the ceremony for their child and other people's children. I think it is those parents that should be held up to ridicule ~ not the school system trying to provide a memorable, dignified ceremony for all of their students.</p><p></p><p>I bet the next year's ceremony was much quieter.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 75741, member: 1967"] SRL, Our graduation is held in the county civic center (which is huge) since our graduating class is so large. There is no way that there could be enough security at hand for every set of parents that start screaming, hooping, hollering and blowing horns when their child's name is called. Also, in a large facility like ours, removing one set of rambunctious parents would not be the answer since the people on the other side of the facility wouldn't even know what had happened. And if the parents refused to leave, what then? A scuffle in the stands? Arrests? The graduation ceremony would be ruined. I agree that it is sad that the children were punished for the actions of the adults. by the way, I believe that the students did eventually receive their diplomas. My question, though, is where is the common sense of the parents when it comes to deliberately flaunting the rules and ruining the ceremony for their child and other people's children. I think it is those parents that should be held up to ridicule ~ not the school system trying to provide a memorable, dignified ceremony for all of their students. I bet the next year's ceremony was much quieter. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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